Pets of the Week (March 28, 2012)

Mo is an af­fec­tion­ate cat who likes to purr. She has been with North­east An­im­al Res­cue since last Septem­ber, when she was res­cued after tak­ing a ride in the en­gine com­part­ment of a car for sev­er­al miles.

The cat’s name is short for “Mo­tor Oil,” since she was filthy with en­gine grease, ema­ci­ated and full of scabs and hair loss from fleas when she emerged from the en­gine com­part­ment.

Since then, she has gained weight, her scabs have healed and her fur has grown in beau­ti­fully. She loves at­ten­tion and wants noth­ing more than a home of her own. She is great with chil­dren and may do well in a home with a mel­low or laid-back dog.

Mo, who is 21 months old, is spayed and cur­rent on vac­cin­a­tions, and she has tested neg­at­ive for the fe­line im­mun­ode­fi­ciency and leuk­emia vir­uses.